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(No M61161.)

M. E. SIMMONS.

TRACE CARRIER.

No. 258,139. Patented May 16, 1882.

WITNESSES IIVVE/VTOI? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFrcE.

MYQRON E. SIMMONS, on ROCKY RIDGE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF TO ALLEN s. MOPHERSON, on SAME PLACE.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,139, dated May 16, 1882.

Application filed March 2S, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MYRoN E. SIMMONS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rocky Ridge, in the county of Ottawa and State of 5 Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trace-Carriers, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to air improved tracecarrier, and has for its object to provide 21 IO means for securely binding together various parts of the harness, and also to provide a convenient support for thetraces when the same are not in use.

To avoid the necessity of throwing the ends of the traces over the back of the horse during the act of hitching and unhitching, and in order to prevent the same from dragging upon the ground and becoming cut or otherwise injured, I provide a cheap and compact trace- 2o carrier, which I will now proceed to describe, reference being bad to the drawing, which shows my improved trace-carrier in perspective, wherein- A indicates a plate, having loops B, O, D,

25 and D, and provided with hooks E E, bent at right angles to the plate and to ward each other.

F indicates a spring-plate secured by any suitable means to the plate A, and extending in a vertical direction midway between the ends of the hooks E E and slightly above the 7 same, and G G curved arches or guards which form part of and are cast with each end of the plate.

The trace carrier is designed to rest upon 5 the horses back, between the hips, and is secured as follows: The backstrap is secured to the loop A and the crupper to the loop 13. To

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the loops D D are secured the straps forsnpporting the traces or hreeching'straps, as the case may be. 40

When the traces are not in use-as, for instance, in hitching or unhitehing the horse, or when the harness is hung up in the stablethe coekeyes of the traces are slipped over the ends of the hooks E E, which constitute a con- 5 venient support for the traces and prevent the same from draggingupon the ground.

To prevent the cockeyes from slipping off or over the hooks E 19,1 secure to the plateA a spring plate or arm, E, which extends verti- 5o cally between the ends of the hooks and slightly above the same. This spring admits of 3. lateral play between the ends of the books, so that the eockeycs may be readily slipped on and off the hooks, and holds them securely in 5 place against all liability of their falling off when the harness is hung up in the stable.

The guards or arches G G prevent the'reins from becoming entangled in the hooks, and guard against the hooks or spring-plate being bent or twisted out of place.

What I claim is In a'trace-carricr, the plate A, provided with loops B, G, D, and D, the hooks E E, spring F, and guards G Gr,suhstantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

MYRON E. SIMMONS.

W'itnesscs:

EDWARD H. RHOADES, JosnPH N. OLoUsE. 

